How The Game Awards affects sales, wishlists, and views: who won in 2025 in terms of numbers

On December 11, The Game Awards took place. It's the perfect time to wrap up and look at the games that benefited the most from the show. In today's article, you'll find a wealth of data and charts on the sales of the winners, wishlists of announced titles, and the growth of metrics for older releases in light of new sequel trailers.

In the article, we will cover:

• how much Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 earned after winning all key categories;
• the revenue and sales growth of other winners like Hollow Knight: Silksong;
• the most-viewed trailers at The Game Awards 2025;
• the main announcements in terms of subscriber growth on Steam;
• how many wishlists games accumulated after being showcased at TGA 2025;
• the surge in sales of older franchise games whose sequels were showcased at the event;
• games with the highest online growth on Steam.

We covered the winners of The Game Awards 2025 separately. We'll add that this is the first time in the history of the awards that no other game besides the main triumph pulled in more than one award. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 also set an absolute record for the number of trophies won in a single ceremony—nine.